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Nov. 7, 2006 Poll Closing Times & Key Races

Fri Nov 03, 2006 at 1:00 AM EST

Now with color-coded map! A little rough-hewn, but you get the idea(I love David, but I'm afraid we'll have to keep him away from the crayolas from now on. Here's a somewhat better-looking map--James L.):

Note: States with two poll closing times are color-coded according to the earlier closing time, except for Oregon, where the majority of the state is in the later time zone. And if you can't see the map, click here for a mirror link. And just to be clear, these times are all Eastern, NOT local. Also, it looks like voters in some precincts of Indiana will be able to vote until 9pm local.

Below is a list of poll closing times in every state in the nation, plus a selection of key House, Senate and gubernatorial races in 44 of them:

State

EST

Race(s) to Watch

Indiana (Eastern)

6:00pm

IN-02, IN-03, IN-07, IN-08, IN-09

Kentucky (Eastern)

6:00pm

KY-02, KY-03, KY-04

Florida (Peninsula)

7:00pm

FL-09, FL-13, FL-16, FL-22, FL-24, FL-Gov

Georgia

7:00pm

GA-08, GA-12

Indiana (Western)

7:00pm

IN-02, IN-03, IN-07, IN-08, IN-09

Kentucky (Western)

7:00pm

KY-02, KY-03, KY-04

New Hampshire (Townships)

7:00pm

NH-01, NH-02

South Carolina

7:00pm

SC-05, SC-Gov

Vermont

7:00pm

VT-AL

Virginia

7:00pm

VA-02, VA-10, VA-Sen

North Carolina (Standard)

7:30pm

NC-08, NC-11, NC-13

Ohio

7:30pm

OH-01, OH-02, OH-12, OH-15, OH-18, OH-Gov, OH-Sen

West Virginia

7:30pm

WV-01, WV-02

Alabama

8:00pm

AL-Gov

Connecticut

8:00pm

CT-02, CT-04, CT-05, CT-Sen

Delaware

8:00pm

Florida (Panhandle)

8:00pm

FL-09, FL-13, FL-16, FL-22, FL-24, FL-Gov

Illinois

8:00pm

IL-06, IL-08, IL-10, IL-Gov

Kansas

8:00pm

KS-02

Maine

8:00pm

ME-Gov

Maryland

8:00pm

MD-Gov, MD-Sen

Massachusetts

8:00pm

MA-Gov

Michigan (Most of state)

8:00pm

MI-Gov, MI-Sen

Mississippi

8:00pm

Missouri

8:00pm

MO-Sen

New Hampshire (Cities)

8:00pm

NH-01, NH-02

New Jersey

8:00pm

NJ-05, NJ-07, NJ-Sen

Oklahoma

8:00pm

Pennsylvania

8:00pm

PA-04, PA-06, PA-07, PA-08, PA-10, PA-Gov, PA-Sen

South Dakota (Eastern)

8:00pm

SD-Gov

Tennessee

8:00pm

TN-Sen

Texas (Eastern)

8:00pm

TX-14, TX-17, TX-23, TX-32, TX-Gov

Arkansas

8:30pm

AR-Gov

North Carolina (Optional)

8:30pm

NC-08, NC-11, NC-13

Arizona

9:00pm

AZ-01, AZ-05, AZ-08, AZ-Sen

Colorado

9:00pm

CO-04, CO-05, CO-07, CO-Gov

Louisiana

9:00pm

LA-02, LA-03

Michigan (Western U.P.)

9:00pm

MI-Gov, MI-Sen

Minnesota

9:00pm

MN-01, MN-02, MN-06, MN-Gov, MN-Sen

Nebraska

9:00pm

NE-01, NE-03

New Mexico

9:00pm

NM-01

New York

9:00pm

NY-03, NY-13, NY-19, NY-20, NY-24, NY-25, NY-26, NY-29, NY-Gov

Rhode Island

9:00pm

RI-Gov, RI-Sen

South Dakota (Western)

9:00pm

SD-Gov

Texas (Western)

9:00pm

TX-14, TX-17, TX-21, TX-23, TX-32, TX-Gov

Wisconsin

9:00pm

WI-08, WI-Gov

Wyoming

9:00pm

WY-AL

Idaho (Southern)

10:00pm

ID-01, ID-Gov

Iowa

10:00pm

IA-01 , IA-02, IA-04, IA-Gov

Montana

10:00pm

MT-Sen

Nevada

10:00pm

NV-02, NV-03, NV-Gov, NV-Sen

North Dakota (Eastern)

10:00pm

Oregon (Western)

10:00pm

OR-Gov

Utah

10:00pm

California

11:00pm

CA-04, CA-11, CA-50, CA-Gov

Hawaii

11:00pm

Idaho (Panhandle)

11:00pm

ID-01, ID-Gov

North Dakota (Western)

11:00pm

Oregon (Eastern)

11:00pm

OR-Gov

Washington

11:00pm

WA-05, WA-08, WA-Sen

Alaska (Mainland)

12:00am

AK-Gov

Alaska (Western Aleutians)

1:00am

AK-Gov

All times are Eastern. Please note that some states are split across two time zones and consequently have two different poll closing times. I've split the affected states up accordingly, which is why there are more than 50 listings.

Also, we haven't tried to list every single possible race here, just those that we (James & I) feel are potentially interesting. As I say, we've confined ourselves just to Congress and the statehouses. Here are some other resources you might want to consult:

If there are any worthy races you're following that aren't on this list, please post them in comments, preferably with a link to a site that will be posting the results. (You usually can't find returns for smaller local races on CNN.) Also, if you notice any errors, please let us know as well.

(Special thanks to the Green Papers, which was the source for all the poll closing times.)

Can see you guys have been busy. I've started checking for direct links for obtaining results (Boards-News services) and will concentrate on a few key states such as Virginia, New York or New Jersey and of course at the end of the road California. I'll post at some point as I'm wading through:
13 Statewide Propositions, 11 City Propositions, 10 or so Judicial races, a pprox. 20 Statewide/Local races. Lots to decide & lots to track.

John Courage will be sad, being a netroots candidate and all in one of the potential weird races that can go to runoff. In Texas at least, it's more interesting than TX-23 in terms of runoff potential.

Courage got an infusion of $20k from Kerry (he skipped the e-mail and went with direct funds instead) and actually bought up some cheap tv slots that opened up at the last minute today. The new "enabler" ad is going to run during the UT football matchup tomorrow.

wouldn't Indiana and Kentucky be the canary? Northrup and Chocola's races especially. Of course, if you don't like the coal mine analogy, I'll bet Kentucky Democrats would feel doubly so. These two states should be an indicator of how bad things will get for the GOP in the states where they are in shambles (IN, KY, OH, NY, CO, DE, CT). New Hampshire, however, might be an indicator of how we do in races without a statewide narrative, especially against the likes of Heather Wilson, Richard Pombo, Reichert, Gutknecht, etc.

in fact we're pretty close on predictions. At this point I'm forecasting 6-7 pickup in the Senate (AZ being the wildcard) and 37 House seats. ( I think CA-11,VA-02 & VA-10 are still possible for example). If the wave is big enough....

"We're not comfortable giving a range anymore. We believe it's an either/or situation. Either the Democrats narrowly win the House with 16 to 18 seats or they win a 30 to 35-plus landslide. We can't picture them winning 25 seats, because if they take Nos. 24 and 25 on our list, they should also take the next five to 10 below that." http://nationaljourn...

If you want to see a true bellwether -- Congressional races where the Democrats are running shoestring, grass-roots, volunteer-driven, under-the-DCCC/DNC-radar campaigns against entrenched Republican incumbents -- look at Michigan.

Specifically the 11th, 9th and 8th Districts. When the first results come in showing Tony Trupiano, Nancy Skinner and Jim Marcinkowski running ahead of or in a dead heat with their opponents, that will speak volumes about races in the rest of the country.

How about a thread to allow reports about turnout and campaign events occurring locally that we can share with one another? I wanted to post the fact that Wisconsin is reporting very heavy early absentee balloting suggesting a turnout over 50% which for a mid-term is impressive. Word is out that the youth vote is seeing an upswing and that will aid the Democrats and maybe, just maybe, allow us to defeat the da*n Marriage Amendment here in Wisconsin. But minus implication spin the turnout appears heavy here in Wisconsin and I am an election day poll worker.

Please add AK-AL to your list. This one is worth watching. Two recent polls had the race between Diane Benson and Don Young within 10 points. This race is as close or closer than some of the others listed including NV-SEN. Thank you.

Voting Troubles Here (AGAIN!!) -- Vote Democrat Up and Down the Ticket!!

So, I went early this morning to cast my ballot in the heavily Democratic Old Northside of Indianapolis, and I see a bunch of people sort-of just standing around looking confused. The new touch-screen voting machines were not working properly. The did give us the old paper/scantron-style ballots to vote with, so no one should have been turned away -- but this is like that who knows how many elections in a row something like this has gone wrong here.

This shows why it is REALLY importnant to vote for good Democrats up and down the ballot. Here we have a beyond incompetent Republican County Clerk named Doris Ann Sadler, who has screwed up and had to make excuses for almost every election run under her. This time, she said "the poll workers forgot how to turn on the new machines." Geez, ya think that's something you might want to have double-checked on before this morning!?!?

Better put a huge caveat at the top of the map that times are Eastern. Your comment is buried below the table. Not good enough. Though the intent is for tracking results, folks may take it as a guide to how late they can vote, local time. Could be seen as another Rovian obfuscation.

Just a bad SNAFU on my part--we had a sticker on the original map indicating that all times were Eastern, but I accidentally deleted it. I updated it accordingly. I think most people understood it, but it there should be no confusion now...

This is great - for what it's worth, I expanded the table so there were columns in the four time zones for the lower 48 states. (I had to remove the important races column cause it wouldn't fit). Feel free to copy it back here if it helps.